Background
Guru Amar Das was the eldest son of Tej Bhan a farmer, trader and of Mata Lachmi. One day, he heard some hymns of Guru Nanak Development being sung by Bibi Amro, daughter of Guru Angad Development
Guru Amar Das was the eldest son of Tej Bhan a farmer, trader and of Mata Lachmi. One day, he heard some hymns of Guru Nanak Development being sung by Bibi Amro, daughter of Guru Angad Development
He died at an age of 95. He was a shopkeeper and lived in a village called Basarke near Amritsar. Amardas was impressed and moved by the hymns and decided to go and see Guru Angad Development at Khadur Sahib.
Amardas was 61 years old at that time.
He started living there and became involved in service to the Guru and the community. He adopted Guru as his spiritual guide.
He was very dedicated in the service to the Guru and had completely extinguished pride and was totally lost in this commitment that he was considered an old man who had no interest in life, he was dubbed Amru, and generally forsaken. He established his headquarters at the newly built town of Goindwal, which Guru Angad Development had established.
Guru strengthened the Langar community kitchen system.
Das died at the age of 95 on 1 September 1574.